How do I form a video gaming group?
"Playing with random people online is not particularly appealing..."
How do I form a video gaming group?
"Playing with random people online is not particularly appealing..."
Awful women deserve better games
When it comes to portrayals of women behaving badly, we deserve better than consequence-free power fantasies or unthinking vilification
I loved Geralt, but Ciri actually makes a lot of sense for The Witcher 4
Ciri's status as a Witcher is not as lore-breaking or clear-cut as some people claim
Cloud is a tough guy to date (if you’re Barret)
Cloud's emotional distance still leaves the door open for queer interpretations
Latest
Tomodachi Life is my new favorite fanfic idea generator
I gave Aerith a botany book and now she holds gatherings to rant about how you can’t have gardening without “God.”
As a disabled games reporter, I've only been able to attend one in-person event
The impact on my career and relationships with other journalists is tangible
Final Fantasy VII Remake makes queerness visible — but confined
By separating aesthetic presentation from player agency, Final Fantasy VII Remake reveals how queerness can be represented without being playable
Which Persona game should I play first?
"There’s a lot of titles, and remakes, and spinoffs, and gold and royal editions…"
Mina the Hollower's creators put "Game Genie cheats" in their Zelda Soulslike mashup
"We just did create every combination we could think of, and then we basically were tweaking stuff based on how it felt to play the game in those situations.”
In conversation with Leftist Gamer Memes
What LGM hopes to accomplish with her meme page, from developing a game to funding mutual aid
Metroid
“Disobedience will not be tolerated”: On linearity, subservience and feminine agency in Metroid Dread
“You have followed my instructions faithfully thus far. Continue to do so.”
'Any objections, Lady?': On linearity, subservience and feminine agency in Metroid Fusion and Metroid: Other M
“Understood, Adam. No objections, of course.”
How vaginal imagery in Metroid Prime 4 redefines Samus — and why it matters for shooters
Yonic architecture is a constant, from the moment the player is given control of Samus until the very end.
Dear Mother
Which Persona game should I play first?
"There’s a lot of titles, and remakes, and spinoffs, and gold and royal editions…"
How do I be my girlfriend's cheerleader, not her coach?
What if you shifted your mindset toward joy around watching her learn, rather than watching her win?
Where are the gaming PCs that don't look like alien spaceships?
"A brief search online seems to show endless fields of lit-up rigs for sale; what drives that aesthetic?"
Cozy
Tomodachi Life is my new favorite fanfic idea generator
I gave Aerith a botany book and now she holds gatherings to rant about how you can’t have gardening without “God.”
Our favorite cozy games (for now)
All the games I'm playing right now that center empathy, kindness, friendship, and satisfying gameplay.
In a post-slop world, Tomodachi Life’s humor rings hollow
Inject it into my veins, or don’t, I don’t really care
Finally, a nesting game that gets the lighting right
It's your job to make that isometric house an isometric home
Indie
17 indie developers who are making games about messy, sometimes toxic, queer romance
A series of profiles of participants in the Toxic Yuri Visual Novel Jam and other similar game jams
Consume Me got me to stop save-scumming and delete perfectionism
If I could, I would restart every day to do it better
Kara Stone is creating low-carbon games
A future where games can be played without burning fossil fuels
In Esoteric Ebb, men talk to men about manhood, and that's a good thing
It does not shy away from the things many of us are always thinking about when we interact with others, like, “Who are you voting for?” and “What does being a man mean to you?”